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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — A $3,000 grant awarded to the Community Foundation of Klamath Falls will help build the organization’s capacity to operate the next five years. According to the foundation’s news release, Pacific Power Foundation issued the grant to the group which will manage endowed funds, distribute grants and provide support to other...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into a Saturday morning motorcycle-involved traffic crash in Klamath Falls that resulted in the death of a Klamath Falls man after he was transported to a Bend-area hospital for treatment. According to Sergeant Robert Fenner, on September 22, 2012 at approximately 11:36...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — A lot more activity is happening on campus. Oregon Institute of Technology and Klamath Community College students are making the transition back to class. Full Story Audio from Viewing the Basin At Oregon Tech, Director of Admissions Carl Thomas says OIT created a program called New Wings to help new students...

Dawn to dusk paving is planned this week for the Highway 39 repaving project, meaning there will be up to 20-minute delays for motorists. Traffic will be controlled by crews and pilot cars. At the Highway 140 and Washburn Way intersection, new traffic signals have been raised, but are not yet active as of...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — A 60-year-old man will spend the next 18 months behind bars following sentencing last week, according to the Klamath County District Attorney’s office. Russell Ray Moore received the 18-month jail sentence because of a Felon in Possession of a Firearm charge in August. Moore’s recent arrest and sentence follows a...

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A sex offender wanted on 22 sex crimes counts in Arizona was arrested Wednesday afternoon at a campground near Klamath Falls. 65-year-old Eric George McNeill was taken into custody in an effort by U.S. Marshals, Oregon State Police and the Klamath Falls Police Department. His case was profiled on America’s...

This week, Viewing the Basin’s Cory Edmondson joined about 50 others on a tour of the area scorched by last month’s Barry Point Fire. In his continuing review of the fire’s damage, Cory discusses the future of the forest affected by the fire. The smoke from the Barry Point fire is thinning out, but some...

SALEM, Ore. — A suspicious package sent by U.S. mail forced an evacuation of the Oregon State Police General Headquarters in Salem Thursday afternoon. Authorities also closed Capitol Street while the evacuation took place. About 600 people are employed there and the building reopened after 4 p.m.

A vote next month could determine the leadership fate of Oregon University System institutions. Sen. Mark Hass of Beaverton says a Special Committee on University Governance has taken too long determining how independent governing boards would operate and asked for a final draft of legislation to be ready for approval by early October. An...

This week, Viewing the Basin’s Cory Edmondson joined about 50 others on a tour of the area scorched by last month’s Barry Point Fire. In his continuing review of the fire’s damage, Cory discusses the initial response to the blaze. In the first weekend in August, a lightning storm sparked a fire in Lake county....